Tomb of Josiah Wedgwood, St Peter's Churchyard Approximately 70 Metres South of Church is a Grade II listed building in the Stoke-on-Trent local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1993. Tomb.
Tomb of Josiah Wedgwood, St Peter's Churchyard Approximately 70 Metres South of Church
- WRENN ID
- waning-minaret-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Constituency
- Stoke-on-Trent Central MP: Gareth Snell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1993
- Type
- Tomb
- OS grid reference
- SJ 879 451
- Coordinates
- 53.00335, -2.1814
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tomb of Josiah Wedgwood, located in St Peter's Churchyard approximately 70 meters south of the church, dates from around 1795. It is made of stone and features a squared paved area with edge coping, likely covering a vault. Originally, the tomb had iron railings. A central raised panel, which is probably a later addition, is inscribed with the name "Josiah Wedgwood 1730-1795." Josiah Wedgwood was buried at the entrance of the original church of St. Peter ad Vincula, which was demolished in 1829, rather than inside the church because he was not a member of the Church of England.
Local climate
Tomb of Josiah Wedgwood, St Peter's Churchyard Approximately 70 Metres South of Church receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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